Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BIBLE I REMEMBER, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: I know it all is waiting Last Line: Shall be the whole dear book! Subject(s): Bible | ||||||||
I know it all is waiting, The wisdom and delight, Rich glories of Isaiah, Ezekiel's Pisgah sight, Splendors of Jeremiah, And Moses' calm address, The towering flames of Amos, Hosea's tenderness. I know that I can reach them In half a minute's time, -- The teaching of the sages, The prophet's ode sublime, The wars of mighty monarchs, The journeyings of Paul, -- But the Bible I remember Is my Bible, after all. "Let not your heart be troubled"; How often to my soul These words have brought the healing Of comfort and control! "The Lord, the Lord's my shepherd!" What strength the phrase has borne When I have faced the tempest, Unfriended and forlorn! What hope in dire temptation Is that "He knows our frame"; What joy the "whatsoever" We ask in Jesus' name! What cheer in hours of weakness Repeating steadily: "I can do all things, all things, Through Christ, who strengthens me!" The affluent Twelfth of Romans, The regal ninetieth Psalm, The hero-list in Hebrews, And First John's brother-balm; That chapter, "Love the greatest"; That chapter, "No more pain," -- To these my memory hastens, And never seeks in vain. When foes are hot against me With musket and with blade, The battle high around me And I am sore dismayed, 'Tis not the crowded armory That gives me strength to stand, And come off more than victor, But -- the weapon in my hand. Some day -- and thus the study Of day by day shall tend -- I hope to know my Bible From blessed end to end; To range its utter limit, Vast peak and hidden nook; And the Bible I remember Shall be the whole dear Book! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...O TO BE A DRAGON by MARIANNE MOORE BIBLICAL MEDITATIONS by YEHUDA AMICHAI KING DAVID DANCES by JOHN BERRYMAN THE DREAM SONGS: 234. THE CARPENTER'S SON by JOHN BERRYMAN THE DREAM SONGS: 47. APRIL FOOL'S DAY, OR, ST MARY OF EGYPT by JOHN BERRYMAN A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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